The US military's secretive Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) is working to destroy the Islamic State group's Internet connections and leave the jihadists in a state of "virtual isolation," Pentagon chiefs said Thursday.
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OpenSSL to Patch High Severity Vulnerabilities
The OpenSSL Project announced on Thursday that it’s preparing patches for several vulnerabilities affecting the crypto library.
OpenSSL versions 1.0.2h and 1.0.1t will be released on May 3 between 12:00 and 15:00 UTC. These releases will patch several flaws, including ones rated “high severity.”
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Several Vulnerabilities Patched in NTP Daemon
A new version of the Network Time Protocol daemon (ntpd) released this week by the NTP Project patches several low and medium severity vulnerabilities.
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New Service Hunts Malicious Domain Names
Information security firm High-Tech Bridge has launched a new free service to help web site owners and businesses understand and locate domain name threats that could be targeted at them and their customers. Called Domain Security Radar, the new service automatically lists existing domains that could potentially
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Mythbusting: How Good Security Practices Complement Developer Productivity
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Continue readingISIS Cyber Capabilities Weak, Poorly Organized: Report
While threats emanating from ISIS-inspired cyberattacks are of high concern, intelligence analysts have concluded that, as of now, the cyber capabilities of the Islamic State and its supporters are still relatively weak and appear to be underfunded and poorly organized.
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Cisco Finds Backdoor Installed on 12 Million PCs
UPDATED. Cisco’s Talos security intelligence and research group has come across a piece of software that installed backdoors on 12 million computers around the world.
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Critical, High Severity Flaws Patched in Firefox
Mozilla has patched a total of 14 vulnerabilities, including ones rated critical and high severity, with the release of Firefox 46.
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FBI Won’t Disclose iPhone Hack Details to Apple
Washington – The FBI said Wednesday it would not disclose details of its hack of an iPhone used by one of the shooters in last year's San Bernardino killing spree.
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Verizon 2016 DBIR: What You Need to Know
Verizon has published its widely anticipated 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), compiled by Verizon with the support of 67 contributing partners. This year’s report includes analysis of more than 100,000 security incidents and 2,260 confirmed data breaches across 82 different countries.
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